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UNIVERSITY  OF  KANSAS, 

LAWRENCE. 


CIRCULAR 

Concerning  the  Preparatory  Work  Required  for  Ad- 
mission to  the  Regular  Collegiate  Courses  of  the 
University.  For  the  Especial  Convenience 
of  Superintendents  and  High  School 
Principals. 


PREPARATORY  WORK  REQUIRED  FOR  THE 
VARIOUS  UNIVERSITY  COURSES. 


The  University  of  Kansas  offers  six  regular  courses  in  its  Depart- 
ments of  the  Sciences,  the  Literatures,  and  the  Arts,  viz.:  a Classical 
Course,  in  which  Greek  and  Latin  are  the  foreign  languages  pursued; 
a Latin  Scientific,  taking  up  Latin  and  German;  a General  Scientific, 
German  and  French;  a Modern  Literature,  German  and  French;  a 
Latin-English,  Latin  and  English;  and  a General  Language,  any  two 
of  French,  German,  and  Greek. 

ADMISSION. 

Every  person  who  applies  for  admission  to  the  University  as  a candi- 
date for  the  Bachelor’s  degree  is  required  to  have  been  examined  in 
all  of  the  following  prescribed  subjects,*  and  further,  in  the  subjects  of 
at  least  one  of  six  general  courses  to  be  mentioned  thereafter.  An 
applicant  may  be  admitted  in  spite  of  deficiencies  in  some  of  these 
subjects,  provided  the  deficiencies  are  not  sufficient  to  disqualify  him 
for  the  work  of  the  Freshman  year,  or  provided  he  has  done  work 
other  than  the  required  work,  but  in  the  same  general  line,  sufficient 
to  be  considered  by  the  Faculty  a fair  temporary  equivalent  for  the 
required  work.  But  no  candidate  who  has  been  thus  admitted  will  re- 
ceive the  Bachelor’s  degree  until  he  has  made  good  his  deficiencies  to 
the  satisfaction  of  the  Faculty;  or,  if  he  has  offered  temporary  equiva- 
lents, until  he  has  made  up,  besides  these  equivalents,  the  subjects  re- 
quired. Excellent  work  after  entrance,  in  the  subject  in  which  condition 
has  been  received,  may  at  the  discretion  of  the  Faculty,  remove  such 
condition. 

Prescribed  Subjects. 

ALL  COUBSES. 

1.  English.  The  candidate  will  be  required  to  write  a short  English 
composition  — correct  in  spelling,  punctuation,  grammar,  expression, 
and  division  by  paragraphs — -upon  one  of  several  subjects  announced 
at  the  time  of  the  examination. 

In  1891,  the  subjects  will  be  taken  from  the  following  works;  Shak- 
spere’s  Macbeth  and  As  You  Like  It;  Charles  Dickens’s  Tale  of  Two 
Cities;  Longfellow’s  Evangeline;  Scott’s  Marmion;  Hawthorne’s  Won- 
derbook. 

* Hereafter  it  will  be  taken  for  granted  that  an  applicant  for  admission  to  the  Fresh- 
man class  has  completed  such  elementary  work  as  Arithmetic,  Descrijjtive  Geography, 
English  Grammar,  and  United  States  History. 


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The  candidate  will  also  be  required  to  correct  specimens  of  ungram- 
matical and  ill-constructed  sentences  set  for  him  at  the  time  of  exami- 
nation. 

That  teachers  may  arrange  their  work  ahead  to  meet  the  requirements 
in  English,  a list  of  works,  to  be  used  in  several  years  as  sources  for 
subjects,  is  given.  Hereafter,  High-School  certificates  in  English  will 
be  accepted  only  on  the  understanding  that  these  works  have  all  been 
read. 

For  1892:  Shakspere’s  Merchant  of  Venice  and  Midsummer  Night’s 
Dream;  Scott’s  Lady  of  the  Lake,  George  Eliot’s  Mill  on  the  Floss. 

For  1893:  Shakspere’s  Merchant  of  Venice  and  Julius  Caesar;  Miss 
Austen’s  Pride  and  Prejudice;  Thackeray’s  English  Humorists. 

For  1894:  Shakspete’s  Macbeth  and  Twelfth  Night;  Scott’s  Marmion; 
Lowell’s  Vision  of  Sir  Launfal;  Johnson's  Rasselas;  Scott’s  Ivanhoe. 

2.  Geography.  A general  knowledge  of  the  Elements  of  Physical 
Geography. 

3.  Outlines  of  History.  Myers’s  General  History,  or  its  equivalent. 

4.  Science  of  Government.  Canfield’s  Local  Government  in  Kansas,  or 
its  equivalent;  Townsend’s  Civil  Government,  or  its  equivalent. 

5.  Algebra,  through  simple  and  quadratic  equations,  proportion,  and 
arithmetical  and  geometrical  progressions. 

6.  Geometry.  The  first  six  books  of  Wentworth’s  Plane  and  Solid 
Geometry,  or  their  equivalent. 

7.  Physics.  Gage’s  Elements  of  Physics,  or  its  equivalent. 

8.  Drawing.  Outline  drawing  and  shading  from  the  flat;  the  drawing 
of  simple  objects. 

General  Scientific  Course. 

1.  German.  The  translation  at  sight  of  easy  German  prose,  and  the 
writing  of  simple  German  sentences.  The  following  will  indicate  the 
general  amount  of  work  required:  Otis’s  German  Grammar;  Rosen- 
stengel’s  German  Reader;  Der  Zerbrochene  Krug;  twenty  dictation  ex- 
ercises.* Three  terms. 

2.  French.  The  translation  at  sight  of  easy  French  prose,  and  the 
writing  of  simple  French  sentences.  The  following  will  indicate  the 
amount  of  work  necessary:  Otto’s  French  Grammar,  Part  I;  Rouge- 
mont’s  La  France;  La  Combe’s  Petite  Histoire  du  Peuple  Frangais; 
twenty  dictation  exercises.  Two  terms. 

3.  Latin.  Same  as  in  Modern  Literature  course,  but  an  equal  amount 
of  any  other  foreign  language  or  of  mathematics  or  of  science,  not  re- 
quired for  entrance,  may  be  offered  instead  of  Latin. 

Latin  Scientific  Course. 

1.  Latin.  (1)  Caesar’s  Gallic  War,  four  books;  Cicero’s  Orations  . 
against  Catiline,  the  oration  for  Marcellus,  and  the  oration  for  the 
Poet  Archias;  Virgil’s  ^Eneid,  five  books,  with  questions  on  the  subject- 

*For  details,  see  University  Bulletin  No.  7,  which  will  be  sent  on  application. 


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matter,  grammar  and  prosody.  (2)  The  translation  into  Latin  of  sim- 
ple sentences  founded  upon  Caesar  and  Cicero. 

2.  German.  The  same  as  in  the  General  Scientific  Course.  An  equal 
amount  of  French  or  Greek  may  be  offered  instead  of  German. 

Classical  Course. 

1.  Latin.  The  same  as  in  the  Latin  Scientific  Course. 

2.  Greek.  White’s  First  Lessons  in  Greek;  Xenophon’s  Anabasis,  two 
books;  or  their  equivalents.  Or, 

The  translation  at  sight  of  simple  Attic  prose,  with  questions  on  the 
usual  forms  and  ordinary  constructions. 

An  equal  amount  of  German  or  French,  or  German  and  French,  may 
be  offered  for  Greek,  in  which  case  Greek  may  be  begun  in  the  Fresh- 
man year. 

Modern  Literature  Course. 

1.  Latin.  The  same  as  in  the  Latin  Scientific  Course,  except  Cicero 
and  Virgil,  which  are  not  required  for  this  course. 

2.  German.  The  same  as  in  General  Scientific  Course.  Equal  amounts 
of  Greek  or  French,  or  of  Greek  and  French,  may  be  offered  for  German. 

3.  French.  The  same  as  in  General  Scientific  Course.  Equal  amounts 
of  Greek,  or  of  Greek  and  German,  may  be  offered  for  French. 

Latin-English  and  General  Language  Courses. 

1.  Latin.  Latin  Grammar  and  Reader;  Caesar,  four  books;  Cicero, 
six  orations;  Virgil,  five  books. 

2.  English.  Lockwood’s  Lessons.  Reading  of  the  seven  classics  sug- 
gested in  Lockwood’s  course.  A.  S.  Hill’s  Rhetoric,  Book  I;  Louns- 
bury’s  English  Language,  Part  J.  Reading  of  ten  additional  classics.* 

The  nature  of  the  preparatory  work  required  for  admission  to  the 
Latin-English  and  General  Language  Courses  is  fully  set  out  in  a cir- 
cular entitled  “ Suggestions  Concerning  the  Requirements  for  Admission 
to  the  Latin-English,  and  to  the  General  Language  Course,”  which  will 
be  sent  on  application. 

A knowledge  of  Descriptive  Geography  is  presumed  to  have  been 
acquired  by  the  pupil  before  entering  the  High  School.  One-half  of  a 
school  year  should  be  devoted  to  Physical  Geography. 

In  Mathematics,  High  Schools  should  carry  students  quite  through 
Arithmetical  and  Geometrical  Progressions  in  Algebra,  and  should  do 
as  much  in  Geometry  as  is  represented  by  the  first  six  books  of  Went- 
worth’s Plane  and  Solid  Geometry. 

One-half  year  should  be  given  to  the  Elementary  Physics  required. 
Each  High  School  should  endeavor  to  equip  itself  with  the  necessary 
Physical  Apparatus  suitable  to  be  used  with  an  elementary  text,  such 
as  Gage’s  Elements. 

*For  details  see  University  Bulletin,  “ Suggestions  Concerning  the  Kequirements  in 
English,”  which  will  be  sent  on  application. 


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Drawing,  to  the  amount  of  one  hour  a day  for  one  year  (this  amount 
might  more  conveniently  be  spread  over  the  whole  High  School  course) 
is  required.  This  drawing  includes  outline  drawing  and  shading  from 
the  flat,  and  the  drawing  of  simple  objects.  Charcoal  was  used  in  the 
University  when  the  preparatory  drawing  was  given. 

The  work  in  languages  is  explained  in  the  list  of  requirements  as 
given  above.  Bulletin  No.  7,  offering  recommendations  for  the  teach- 
ing of  the  required  German,  should  be  obtained  wherever  it  is  expected 
to  teach  German.  In  Latin,  the  fifteen  books  required  need  not  neces- 
sarily be  divided  as  suggested.  For  example:  more  books  of  Caesar 
and  fewer  of  Virgil  or  Cicero  (each  oration  counting  as  a book)  might 
be  given.  The  Latin  required  in  the  Latin  Scientific,  Classical,  Latin- 
English,  and  General  Language  courses,  is  equal  to  about  three  years’ 
work;  that  required  in  the  General  Scientific  and  Modern  Literature 
courses  to  about  one  and  one-half  years’  work.  The  Greek  required  in 
the  Classical  course  demands  about  two  years’  work.  It  will  be  noted 
that  a considerable  latitude  in  language  substitution  is  allowed,  and 
that  in  the  General  Scientific  course,  work  in  science  may  be  substi- 
tuted for  Latin. 

Admission  by  Certificate. 

I.  By  authority  of  the  Board  of  Regents,  the  Faculty  will  admit  stu- 
dents into  the  Freshman  Class  in  any  prescribed  course  of  the  University, 
upon  the  certificate  of  any  president,  superintendent  or  principal  of 
any  college,  academy,  or  other  incorporated  institution  of  learning,  or 
of  any  high  school,  showing  that  such  students  have  completed  all  the 
preparatory  prescribed  studies  as  laid  down  in  the  University  Catalogue. 

II.  Students  who  present  certificates  in  accordance  with  the  above 
regulations,  showing  that  they  have  completed  all  the  required  pre- 
paratory studies  except  three  terms’*  work,  will  be  admitted  with  con- 
ditions without  examination.  Excellent  work  after  entrance,  in  the 
subject  in  which  the  conditions  have  been  received,  may,  at  the  discre- 
tion of  the  Faculty,  remove  such  conditions. 

III.  Candidates  for  admission  who  do  not  present  certificates  in  ac- 
cordance with  the  above  regulations  will  not  be  received  into  the  Uni- 
versity without  examination. 

By  rule  II,  a student  may  be  admitted  to  the  Freshman  class  condi- 
tioned in  not  more  than  three  terms’  work.  For  example,  if  a student 
were  fully  prepared  in  all  the  required  studies  for  admission  to  the 
Latin  Scientific  course,  except  in  Latin,  and  in  this  branch  he  had  done 
but  one-half  the  required  work  (one  and  one-half  years’  work  instead 
of  three  years’  work)  he  could  yet  be  admitted  to  the  Freshman  class, 
but  would  be  required  to  remove  the  condition  before  graduation.  In 
cases  of  this  kind  the  back  work  may  conveniently  be  made  up  at  the 
Lawrence  High  School. 

Forty-two  Kansas  high  schools  are  accredited  with  fully  preparing 
their  graduates  for  one  or  more  of  the  University  courses;  and  thirty- 


*A  University  term  is  one-half  the  school  year. 


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four  (including  many  in  the  first  class)  prepare  their  students  in  all 
but  three  terms’  work  for  one  or  more  of  the  University  courses. 

Any  high-school  principal  who  believes  that  his  school  is  doing  work 
sufficient  to  warrant  its  being  placed  in  one  or  the  other  of  the  lists  of 
accredited  schools,  is  cordially  invited  to  submit  a carefully  made  out 
statement  of  the  work  being  done  to  the  Chancellor  of  the  University. 
The  Chancellor  will  be  glad  to  correspond  with  high-school  principals 
or  superintendents  intending  to  revise  their  high-school  courses. 

For  catalogues,  bulletins,  circulars,  or  special  information  concern- 
ing the  University,  address,  F.  H.  SNOW, 

Chancellor  of  the  University,  Lawrence,  Kansas. 


